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Insulator-jack for replacing insulator disks

US4760640A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 2, 1986
Grant dateAug 2, 1988
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 2, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/53274
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An insulator-jack for replacing damaged electrical insulators in a string of insulators comprises a pair of threaded rods disposed in substantially parallel relation to one another, a pair of coplanar spaced-apart insulator clamping collars, each being connected to opposite ends of the rods by a pair of lateral arms, wherein one of the insulator clamping collars is movably positionable along the threaded rods by a pair of ratchet members to selectively vary the distance between the two clamping collars. The non-movable clamping collar is provided with an upwardly and inwardly projecting safety tongue which engages the connection between the insulator clamped within the collar and the next-above insulator in the string, and is also provided with inward projections along the internal periphery to securely engage the insulator and thereby prevents slippage of the insulator.

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